Today in class we took a quiz over everything that we have covered so far in class. This quiz will get you closer to checking tasks off proving that you are ready for the test.
After the quiz we talked about the scientific method using the Simpson's as an example. The five steps of the scientific method are:
Observation is a step that leads to the original problem that you want to find an answer to.
Hypothesis is an educated guess or prediction that provides a possible explanation for the problem you have identified in the first step.
Experiments are designed to test our hypothesis.
Within the experiment we need to identify the following parts:
Data is what you collect during the experiment so that you use to verify/prove that your hypothesis is correct or not.
Conclusion is where to determine whether or not your hypothesis was correct. If your hypothesis is correct you are on your way towards a theory. If your hypothesis is incorrect this may lead to a new hypothesis and you back to the beginning of the scientific method.
Once we went over our notes students were put into groups and were set on a race to answer the questions for 8 different experiments found in the worlds of Spongebob and The Simpsons. The first 2 groups to finish all 8 groups received a piece of candy.
After the quiz we talked about the scientific method using the Simpson's as an example. The five steps of the scientific method are:
- Observe
- Hypothesis
- Experiment
- Data
- Conclusion
Observation is a step that leads to the original problem that you want to find an answer to.
Hypothesis is an educated guess or prediction that provides a possible explanation for the problem you have identified in the first step.
Experiments are designed to test our hypothesis.
Within the experiment we need to identify the following parts:
- Independent Variable: The variable that you as the experimenter controls. This is something that is changing between trials or groups.
- Dependent Variable: The variable that is dependent on what happens due to the change of the independent variable. This is often what we are measuring at the end of our experiment.
- Control Group: The group in the experiment that doesn't receive any changes due to the independent variable.
Data is what you collect during the experiment so that you use to verify/prove that your hypothesis is correct or not.
Conclusion is where to determine whether or not your hypothesis was correct. If your hypothesis is correct you are on your way towards a theory. If your hypothesis is incorrect this may lead to a new hypothesis and you back to the beginning of the scientific method.
Once we went over our notes students were put into groups and were set on a race to answer the questions for 8 different experiments found in the worlds of Spongebob and The Simpsons. The first 2 groups to finish all 8 groups received a piece of candy.